Orchestra and Pit

Orchestra

Orchestra noun - A usually large group of musicians playing together.
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Synonyms for Orchestra

Pit and orchestra are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pit" instead a noun "Orchestra".

Pit

Pit noun - A sunken area forming a separate space.

Orchestra and pit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Orchestra" instead a noun "Pit".

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How words are described

full full orchestra full pit
regular regular orchestra regular pit
simple simple orchestra simple pit
small small orchestra small pit
Other adjectives: actual, entire, large, big, huge, new, occasional, different, local, nearby, giant, creepy.

Both words in one sentence

  • Looney Tunes short "Baton Bunny": Bugs Bunny is conducting an orchestra when he's distracted by a fly and thrashes the pit trying to swat it.
  • In Ozy and Millie, Millie comments that the school’s pit orchestra isn’t good enough to deserve the word ‘pit’.
  • Western Animation / The Alvin Show At the end of "Yankee Doodle" musical segment, Alvin sends a whole bunch of bowling balls that substituted as canons toward Dave, who's in the orchestra pit.
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